The Hidden Meaning Of Charlie Daniels' 'The Devil Went Down To Georgia'
What exactly did Charlie Daniels mean with The Devil Went Down to Georgia? And where did he get the idea?
Read MoreWhat exactly did Charlie Daniels mean with The Devil Went Down to Georgia? And where did he get the idea?
Read MoreCountry Music Hall of Famer Charlie Daniels died on Monday, leaving behind a beaten devil, a slide into right-wing political talking points, and a pile of worth.
Read MoreThere's a darker tragedy wrapped around the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter," as well. It's one of rock and roll's most pervasive and legendary stories. It might even be true.
Read MorePaul McCartney admitted he doesn't even listen to his own solo work, let alone Beatles recordings. But why?
Read MoreGraceland is the second-most visited residence in the United States. The White House is first. But Elvis Presley never lived at the White House.
Read MoreA pervasive image of NASCAR is a sea of Confederate flags. So when the organization behind NASCAR announced on June 10, 2020 that it will from henceforth ban Confederate flags from its races people grew interested, not least in the driver who called for the ban: Bubba Wallace.
Read MorePearl Jam, the classic grunge mainstay, have been touring rock arenas for nearly thirty years, pleasing cross-generational crowds of thousands night after night. How did they first get started?
Read MoreBack in 1980, a 911 call from Henley brought the fire department to his Los Angeles home. What they found would have made any Eagle-ill.
Read More'...Pyle remembered that Van Zant retrieved a pillow on his way back to his seat, stopped, and shook Pyle's hand. "Ronnie knew that he was going to die."'
Read MoreSlipknot may not be the only masked band out there, but they're easily the most famous and recognizable. For the vast majority of their career, the backbone of their sound was Joey Jordison, the diminutive drum maestro behind a series of ever stranger masks. Why'd he leave?
Read MoreLegendary English rock outfit Led Zeppelin were at the height of their careers in 1975. However, troubled times began, following a tragic incident in Greece.
Read MoreAmerican rapper, songwriter and producer T-Pain was living large at the height of his career in the early 2000's, with hits such as "Buy U A Drank" and "Can't Believe It" affording him an ultra-lavish lifestyle. But it didn't last.
Read MoreThe body of Bon Scott, lead singer of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, was found in his car having asphyxiated on his own vomit after a night of drinking.
Read MoreWynonna Earp tells the story of one of Wyatt Earp's descendants, tasked to rid the world of demons, and to end the curse that got her family stuck fighting said demons in the first place. Who is the actress playing the show's lead, though? And why does she look so familiar?
Read MoreYou don't know him, but he's your Doobie Brother. And that Brother is the mother of all yacht rock singers. He's, of course, Michael McDonald, a man whose unmistakable vocals turn on a light switch in the human soul.
Read MoreMerle Haggard left quite a legacy when he died in 2016. He lived a rollercoaster life, and so did his money.
Read MoreFirst there were two in the Brothers Van Halen -- Eddie on guitar, Alex on drums -- joined by David Lee Roth on vocals and Michael Anthony on bass. The year was 1974. And it was very good. Here's why Anthony stopped.
Read MoreOzark, one of the darkest shows streaming now, on Netflix is a very stressful show to watch. One thing that viewers of the show have wondered is how the Byrde family can even afford their lifestyle.
Read MoreWaylon Jennings made a career out of bucking trends and pushing back against authority. For instance, there was that time early in his career when he was playing bass, backing up the headliner act, and was supposed to get on a charter plane to the next gig.
Read MoreBefore Tiger King captivated the world with its tale of murder, mayhem and madness, before Penn and Teller made Vegas crowds gasp with their ballistic ballet of bullets and bunkum, there were Siegfried and Roy.
Read MoreIn 1979, The Clash broke America with the release of their 1977 debut The Clash which now boasted their newly recorded song "I Fought the Law," which became their first single to be released in the States.
Read MoreDoctor Sleep had a lot going against it. It was the sequel to The Shining, a masterpiece of a movie and one of the most legendary horror films in existence. What's more, the villain of the piece was Rose the Hat, an inhumanly beautiful woman wearing a silly-looking top hat.
Read MoreWhen the headline that Brian Johnson would no longer serve as lead singer of AC/DC arose, gossip column pens were sharpened.
Read MoreAs attested to by a litany of press conferences, public service announcements, and toilet paper commercials, these are uncertain times. That's why it's so important to give positive revelations a moment to soak in. It is time, therefore, to take comfort in knowing that Bob Dylan is doing just fine.
Read MoreFleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks' short-lived fling with Don Henley in the mid-seventies sparked inspiration for a song off of the band's 1979 album "Tusk."
Read MoreIt's a great rabbit hole to fall down, trying to figure out the hidden meanings behind your favorite songs. For one, was John Lennon's "Imagine" secretly a love letter to the Communist Manifesto? And then there's "Brown Sugar," the Rolling Stones' 1971 classic.
Read MorePrince and Michael Jackson: two slender heavenly bodies, trapped irrevocably in one another's gravitational pull, each seemingly doing his best to out-weird the other by an order of magnitude. Their rivalry was the stuff of Greek mythology, akin to the events of The Prestige, but with tighter pants.
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